Cartesia pricing
Voice agents from $0.06 per minute; STT from $0.0065 per minute; TTS from $37.38 per 1M characters.
Last updated · prices checked daily
Voice agent platforms
| Product / tier | $/min |
|---|---|
| Managed voice agents (call duration) Bundled models Telephony extra ($0.014/min on Cartesia numbers per page); LLM free for UI agents for a limited time. | $0.06 |
Speech-to-text
| Product / tier | $/min |
|---|---|
| Ink (Scale plan) | $0.0065 |
Text-to-speech
| Product / tier | $/1M chars |
|---|---|
| Sonic (Scale plan, $299 / 8M credits) Derived: plan price / included credits; page states 1 credit = 1 character. | $37.38 |
| Sonic (Startup plan, $49 / 1.25M credits) Derived: plan price / included credits; page states 1 credit = 1 character. | $39.20 |
Price history
| Product | Today | History |
|---|---|---|
| Managed voice agents (call duration) Voice agents | $0.06 | 9 checks since 2026-10-20 |
| Sonic (Startup plan, $49 / 1.25M credits) TTS | $39.20 | 9 checks since 2026-10-20 |
| Sonic (Scale plan, $299 / 8M credits) TTS | $37.38 | 9 checks since 2026-10-20 |
| Ink (Scale plan) STT | $0.0065 | 9 checks since 2026-10-20 |
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